Trump banned three news organizations from the White House last week — and there’s a research literature on exactly where that leads.

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Frederick County’s sheriff turned his office into a force multiplier for ICE before such collaboration became commonplace. As he again faces voters this year, the harm to immigrant communities is impo...

We’re never going back to the human internet we had. But we can hope for a better internet than the AI-dominated one that is emerging, writes Sarah Gilbert.

A league policy allows players to have their babies — and in some cases, their spouses — travel with the team.

Is anybody checking this stuff for accuracy over there?

For the 2026 elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.

We're living through oil wars, wildfire smoke and extreme weather driven by a warming planet. But environmentalist Bill McKibben says one thing is finally going right: the price of clean energy has pl...

Michael Kratsios, President Trump’s science adviser, proposed overhauling how the government funds research. Democrats said Mr. Trump’s actions had weakened science.

America’s finest young scholars competed to mark their country's birthday. It led to a disputed finish in the age of mistrust.

A new report shows how President Donald Trump’s administration is harming state...